Grass-destroyer.



W. B. PETRON.

' GRASS DESTROYER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16. 19H.

3.2.72. Patented Feb.19,1918.

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In lhe )resem emhodiment ol the invenfiori1 o fi-rime is provided eonsisiiiq of parnllel loiieiudimllv eendiiie areh hars l, l'he said hars haring slots Q, in heir ends, in Wliieh are orrarioed hearing hloels 'lho said hloelts heine' slidzihle the slos. rl`he arch hears ore siippored hy wheels 4, which ire secured lo he ends of mi axle 5 ioiirrililed in hearings (i on the, undersides of Jhe bodies of ihe srch hars.

Shafts 7 are joiirmled in 4he hearing` liloeks 3, :md soroele Wheels S are seeiirefl to the ends of she shells. Endless Chains are siiiioored hv the siiroelfet Wheels, and hese Chains enrrv oolhed rollers for n our pose lo he preserily described. Each of These rollers eoiisisls of n shaft l0. Whose oeh olI `these shield iiloles Coiisisls of mi omver section 14- eo'orieel-ed o the adjoeem nreh ham and a lower section l5 Coririeefed nl is ends to the arms of he arch ear the seeions 0I each plaie being space-el .LLL .....m

ll oe evident Jhat when tlf.;K lush, Jhe vchairs will he driven will` Lheir lower rims moving' forwardly mie iii she direelion of the arrows adjacent to the Glens in Fis", l.

f1. eiillii'eor or plow 2l is arranged sin the from?, f the frame, mid Cormeeted ereo by links 22. and e, siiimhle drzi' oppsrsus is coiirieeef he heure of the A mold hoard or defleetor Q3 is zirrs'ooeo al', he regir of the frame for receivine' the grass from the upper rims of lhe chains and. cleflecmg he said grass to one siele.

ln operaiom he machine is rliroiizfgh Jhe lield Where the grass destroyed. and he ploirs Q1 stir l slowing; im Jdie grass. As the frame more.. forward. lie ggrnss is enlighthy lle teeth of the rollers. and is Carried im on to unifier rim ou? Lehe dirl dislodging device`r consisiing of Jhe ool'hed rollers :md lheir eohneeioiiq Where the dirt is Thoroughly loosened Afrom the roos of he grass and ihe @een grass is firmllv delivered hv the derector Q3 in s windrow at one side of the rome.

l he shslis 7 mov he moved :Frey from eaeh ofcher fo l'igli'en the chains hv means screws 24A. Whieh are lhreudecl through nos on "che arms of the arch hars, und er1- drawn Claim:

machine oi" lhe ehnrfieer siieeifiee eoriorisirlgr oiioosielv arranged loneil'ueinollv eiieoclior; nreh hers shafts o in lhe eiids of she arch hars, mi ml heled on `he arch hors at the eeiiliers thereolgy Wheels oh Jhe ends olE the mile, sproeke Wheels on he ends oi he shaicl's, endless chains siiiiiiored hv he Wheels. lool'hed rollers offending heweei lhe Chains and ivoally connecting the links thereof, eheh roller having :i each end fi Wheel` moons for moving he shafts away from each other to tighten the chains, a driving connection between the chains and the wheelsshiel;l plates connected with the arch bars on the inner sides of the wheels of the rollers, and having passages for the rollers on the upper runs of the chains, plows connected with the front of the frame, and a defiector at the rear of the frame for deecting the grass.

2. A machine of the character specified, comprising oppositely arranged frame bars, shafts journaled in the ends of the bars, wheels supporting the bars at the centers thereof, sprocket wheels on the ends of the shafts, endless chains supported by the sprocket wheels, toothed rollers extending` between the chains, a driving connection between the chains and the wheels, plows at the front of the frame, and a delector at the rear of the frame for deflecting the grass.

3. A machine of the character speciiied, comprising oppositely arranged frame bars,

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shafts journaled in the ends of the bars, wheels supporting the bars at the centers thereof, sprocket wheels on the ends of the shafts, endless chains supported by the sprocket wheels, toothed rollers extending between the chains, a driving connection between the chains and the wheels, and plows at the front of the frame.

4l. A machine of the character specified, comprising oppositely arranged frame bars, shafts journaled in the ends of the bars, wheels supporting the bars at the centers thereof, sprocket wheels on the ends of the shafts, endless chains supported by the sprocket wheels, toothed rollers extending between the chains, and a drivingconnection between the chains and the wheels for driving the lower run of the chains forward.

WILLIAM B. PETRON. Witnesses:

A. H. JOHNSON, C. G. SKJERUEM.

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